Asscher Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Three-Stone Rings
White Diamond, Green Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, White G...
21st Century and Contemporary American More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Tennis Bracelets
Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sri Lankan Contemporary Loose Gemstones
Sapphire, Purple Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Cluster Rings
Aquamarine, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s North American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Unknown Edwardian Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Hong Kong Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow S...
2010s Malagasy Modern Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
Late 20th Century Modernist Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, Platinum, 18k Gold
2010s Chain Necklaces
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sri Lankan Loose Gemstones
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Sri Lankan Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Yellow Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, Platinu...
2010s American Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Modern Wedding Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Malagasy Modern Loose Gemstones
Pink Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Hong Kong Three-Stone Rings
Spinel, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Cocktail Rings
Pink Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, White Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Rings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s American Retro Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Cluster Rings
Aquamarine, Platinum
2010s African Modern Loose Gemstones
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire
2010s Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Cluster Rings
Diamond, Platinum
2010s Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Aesthetic Movement Loose Gemstones
Sapphire
2010s Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Israeli Drop Earrings
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Modern Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Fashion Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Contemporary Engagement Rings
Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
2010s American Modern Fashion Rings
Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s German Modern Bangles
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1910s Unknown Edwardian Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, Gold, Rose Gold
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Yellow Sapphire, Tanzanite, Sapphire, Diamond, Gold
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Asscher Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Asscher Sapphire?
The Legacy of Sapphire in Jewelry Design
On 1stDibs, shop the bright blue gems that star in sapphire rings, sapphire necklaces and other vintage and antique sapphire jewelry.
Sapphires — the stone of choice for Napoleon, Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor — have been a favorite of aristocrats and the well-to-do since the time of the Ancient Greeks.
Picture a sapphire. If the stone you conjure is a deep cornflower blue, you’re seeing only part of the picture. Although blue Kashmirs are considered the most valuable, sapphires come in every color except red. No matter the hue, this very special gem is rich in history and beloved by royals (FYI, Princess Diana and Kate Middleton share an 11-carat sapphire engagement ring), so September babies are in very noble company.
America’s version of royalty — old money and celebrities — have also shown a predilection for the blue stones. In 1940, John D. Rockefeller Jr. had Cartier mount a 62-carat sapphire he had bought from an Indian maharajah in a brooch for his first wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; in 2001, the piece sold for a then-record of $3,031,000 at Christie’s New York.
The grand dame of jewelry, Elizabeth Taylor had a passion for the gems that her lovers were happy to indulge. Second husband Michael Wilding gave her an engagement ring set with a cabochon sapphire, while Richard Burton famously presented her with a BVLGARI sautoir set with diamonds and sapphires, including at its center a cabochon Burmese weighing 52.72 carats. One of the star lots in the sale of Taylor’s jewels at the Christie’s New York in 2011, it sold for $5,906,500.
You don’t have to have blue blood or a bulging bank account, however, to get an eyeful of this much-coveted gem. A number of outstanding examples reside in public collections.
The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History owns the 423-carat Logan sapphire, a gift from the Guggenheim family, and the Hall sapphire and diamond necklace, designed by Harry Winston and featuring 36 fine, well-matched cushion-cut Sri Lankan sapphires weighing a combined 195 carats. Also in the collection is the Bismarck sapphire necklace, designed by Cartier and sporting a central sapphire weighing 98.6 carats, which Mona Von Bismarck donated to the museum.
Sapphires are composed of corundum. Their color derives from trace elements, such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper or magnesium. When the trace element produces a ruby hue, the stone is called, what else, a ruby. (which is, as mentioned above, why sapphires cannot be red by definition).
The allure of large gemstones endures throughout the periods characterized as vintage, and sapphire features frequently in vintage engagement rings. (On 1stDibs, a range of buying guides can be found for those in the market for antique engagement rings, vintage engagement rings or Art Deco engagement rings.)
Find an exquisite collection of vintage and antique sapphire jewelry on 1stDibs.